Sports 2016

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL) regular season finished.

1.   Red Bull Salzburg/AUT   44   26   5   3   10   168:112   91        
2.   Black Wings Linz/AUT   44   23   6   4   11   137:107   85        
3.   Orli Znojmo/CZE   44   22   4   3   15   157:116   77        
4.   Vienna Capitals/AUT   44   20   6   2   16   125:102   74        
5.   Dornbirn Bulldogs/AUT   44   21   2   6   15   126:108   73        
6.   Bolzano Foxes/ITA   44   20   4   5   15   120:111   73        
7.   Villacher SV/AUT   44   21   2   5   16   120:106   72        
8.   Klagenfurter AC/AUT   44   18   4   6   16   139:142   68        
9.   Fehérvár AV19/HUN   44   14   6   4   20   105:123   58        
10.   Graz 99ers/AUT   44   14   4   4   22   94:123   54        
11.   Innsbrucker Haie/AUT   44   11   2   5   26   98:152   42        
12.   Olimpija Ljubljana/SLO    44   4   5   3   32   85:172   25        

Top 6 automatic playoff berth. 7-12: Qualification round, top2 will also reach playoff. It will be hard to overtake Villach (starting with 6 bonus points) and Klagenfurt (4 bonus points) for Fehérvár (2 bonus points). (Graz: 1 bonus points.) Klagenfurt is the Rekordmeister, with István Sofron is on the roster. Villach is the former team of new Fehérvár coach Hannu Järvenpää.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Fehérvár failed to reach the EBEL playoffs. (ice hockey)

Miskolc won Hungarian-Romanian MOL League regular season. Debrecen became 4th, they are in the playoff, too. (ice hockey)

Hungarian national ice hockey team finished only 2nd in the Olympic pre-qualification tournament played in Hungary. We were first seed there, but lost to Poland 1-0 after a 0-0 regular time and overtime, after shootout. Therefore, Hungary finished 21st in the Olympics. (Though 19th world ranked, while Poland 22nd.) Fehérvár's national team players continued their weak form, which resulted in this. The Canadian style oppressed by the coach on the team can be another reason.

Hungarian men's water polo team finished 3rd in the European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. The home team won the gold. The women became European Champions. The men had to play an Olympic qualifying tournament, while the women already secured their tickets to Rio de Janeiro.

Hungarian men's handball team finished only 12th in the European Championships played in Poland. The team is facing a generation change, many older key players left at home. Unfortunately our two top teams, Veszprém and Szeged are full of foreign players...

Hungarian futsal team finished 10th in the European Championships. Brave effort losing only 2-5 against Spain, and good overall performance as well.

[Shoegazing Leo]

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (AUT-HUN-ITA-CZE-SLO):
Alba Volán Székesfehérvár 10th position in 2015/16, did not make playoffs
Champions: Salzburg (AUT), runners-up: Znojmo (CZE)

MOL Liga (HUN-ROM)
Miskolc Polar Bears - champions (runners-up: MAC Budapest, HUN)
Debrecen - semi final loss, 4th place (3rd place: Alba Volán Székesfehérvár II, HUN)

Ice Hockey World Championships
1 Canada
2 Finland
3 Russia
... 6 Sweden
... 15 Hungary

Hungary is relegated, but overtook Kazakhstan and had a very brave performance:
- vs. Slovakia 1-4
- vs. Canada 1-7
- vs. France 2-6
- vs. Finland 0-3
- vs. USA 1-5
- vs. Belarus 5-2 (!!!)
- vs. Germany 2-4

Summer Olympic games:
8 gold medals (3 kayak, 3 swimming, 2 fencing), 3 silver medals, 4 bronze medals -> 12th place on the medal table
water polo, men: 5th place
water polo, women: 4th place

[Duplode]

8 gold medals (3 kayak, 3 swimming, 2 fencing), 3 silver medals, 4 bronze medals -> 12th place on the medal table

Exactly one place ahead of Brazil (7 -- 2 volleyball, 1 judo, 1 boxing, 1 sailing, 1 athletics, 1 football -- 6 and 6).

[Shoegazing Leo]

The first is why Brazil plays the japanese style and not the latin american style in baseball: